Description
Set across Bombay and Calcutta, Amit Chaudhuri's stories range from a divorcee about to enter into an arranged marriage to a teengaed poet who develops a relationship with a lonely widower, from a singing teacher struggling to make a living out of the boredom of his students to gauche teenager desperate to hurdle past his adolescence.
Rich with subtlety, elegance and deep feeling, Real Time is classic Chaudhuri.
A stunning collection of short stories from the author of Sojourn and Friend of My Youth.
About the Author
Amit Chaudhuri is the author of seven novels, including Sojourn and Friend of My Youth, as well as three books of essays, two books of poems, and a collection of short stories. He has been awarded the James Tait Black Prize, the Commonwealth Literature Prize, the Betty Trask award, the Encore Prize, the LA Times Book Prize and the Sahitya Akademi Award. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the English Association, and was a judge of the Man Booker International Prize.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571361571
Author Amit Chaudhuri
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 207g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 132mm * 15mm
